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We can’t slide into the weekend without taking a moment to consider some of the truly baffling things tech companies did this week. And with April Fools Day, you can be sure shenanigans were at an all time high. So we have no time to waste:

As an April Fools Day prank, Uber jokingly announced Uber Boat. Just in case you were interested in recreating any Gilligan’s Island fantasies you might have.

Plenty of companies thought pranks involving selfies would be funny. Can we all agree they weren’t that funny?

In a staggering example of not getting it – Jeb Bush went around this week defending a controversial bill while hitting up Silicon Valley for cash. Is there a phrase for the opposite of preaching to the choir?

Microsoft announced plans to remove “Do Not Track” as the default setting in their upcoming browsers. I am sure this will go over well with the Internet.

While we’ve all had a lot of fun Periscoping and Meerkatting through life these past few weeks, we may be in for quite a shock when our phone bills come in. These hot new apps chew through data like nobody’s business.

That wraps it up – hopefully you survived April Fools without getting pranked too hard. Check back next week for more tech and PR news.

I don’t know, we just thought this was cute. Stock photos are hard. (Thinkstock)

Whether you’ll be celebrating Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day or just boycotting the occasion entirely, we’ve collected the best news for you to digest along with all of those sugar heart candies and chocolates.

Hate Valentine’s Day with an especially fiery passion? We doubt you can top the “Revolutionary Alliance of Men That Woman Are Not Attracted To,” which writes fun poems like: “The blood-soaked conspiracy of Valentine’s Day, driven by the oppressive chocolate capitalists, has arrived once again.” Feel better yet?

TV anchors away: things escalated quickly as both social media and media alike couldn’t stop weighing the pros and cons of Jon Stewart’s departure, and then the pros and cons of Jon Stewarts’ potential successors…and then the pros and cons of Jon Stewarts 2016 presidential race?

On a more serious note, the media world lost some true greats this week. With that in mind, don’t be afraid to get out there and show some love this weekend.

Gone are the days of iris scanning and fingerprinting as human identification tactics! Here come body odor, heartbeats and even brain waves!

Professional sports leagues around the country plan to add Wi-Fi to their stadiums. They’re hoping to draw millennials from behind their TV screens and to the stadiums, where they can promptly post photos of their seats to Instagram.

Read something that made you say “Wait! What?” this week? Leave a comment or hit us up @BlancandOtus!